HIRS-hybrid: a high-resolution sounder for the near term

Joe A. Jenney; David L. Melton; L. D. Howell; William L. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.258880

21 November 1996 HIRS-hybrid: a high-resolution sounder for the near term

Joe A. Jenney, David L. Melton, L. D. Howell, William L. Smith

Proceedings Volume 2832, Optical Instruments for Weather Forecasting; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258880
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The accuracy of global weather forecasts is limited by the vertical resolution and accuracy of the HIRS. Higher spectral resolution sounders with 1000-1500 channels are under development but are unlikely to be operational until 2007. A concept has been developed by ITT A/CD and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin/Madison that can provide high resolution sounding much earlier. This concept involves adding a longwave Fourier transform spectrometer to the current HIRS/3. This can be done in a low risk and low cost way that will provide advanced sounding data products without impacting the existing operational weather system capabilities.

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Joe A. Jenney, David L. Melton, L. D. Howell, and William L. Smith "HIRS-hybrid: a high-resolution sounder for the near term", Proc. SPIE 2832, Optical Instruments for Weather Forecasting, (21 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258880

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